I agree, CC. From my admittedly not all that informed POV, there's so much corruption on the reserves, that they need to look inward to fix the problem. It seems like whenever I hear about First Nations issues, they're either annoyed by federal intervention, or else they're annoyed by lack thereof.
From what I understand, they do not want to assimilate. If that's the case, why is it the responsibility of the GOC to fix their problems? The GOC can just keep throwing money at the problem, but if that money gets misused, then the GOC has to stop at some point. OR, intervene. I don't recall very many happily ever after stories regarding GOC intervention in Native affairs. Seems that they want to govern themselves (more or less). If that's the case, then GET ON IT!
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